^^ \li.in I \ P. l'Ditsiii.. 



1 lL>0. Aliuis Alnobetula (Kiiiui.i II\ut. var. repens (W mtMsKj.) 

 Win Kl.. (.1. riridis var. A. ovala var.). 

 Ut'cortlcd fiuin Ik.'rl.^ci-Fjord »',0=45' (V.), l)ut iiol iv-found. 

 A soiithrrn tvpi« known in VVosl Grt'cnlaiiil Iroin (il |n (ifi^. 



XVII. Polygonaceae. 

 I 121. Oxyria digyna (I..) ilii.i.. 



On icll-lifld in nioi.-^t placos ofton in Iho mclting-watcr from I lir 

 siinw-lii'Ids. In the lowland at \\ater-course?, in Inn-b-mats and among 

 slonps on the taliis. 



Very common throughout the whok« area. Widcly distributed in 

 fireenhmd with neither northern nor southcrn limit. 



Abnndantly llowering and fruiting. 



To be sniv normally covered by snow during winter. 



A \'2'1. Rumex Acetosella L. 



In i<!iI1ht (Irv yravfllv soil. on heatli and in crevices. Few and 

 .scattorod orcurrences, hnt. when occurring, usnally in groat quantities. 



Disko: lluLorcifd fruin Godhavn Wlb' by llAin, bul during maiiy years 

 •searchod for in vain. On the other hånd, European spécimens of the species occur, 

 ratluT coniinonly, as introduced weeds. This form is casily distinguished from the 

 Oreenlandic, for inslance, by the decumboncy: European ruderal piants in Green- 

 land are usiially dtMumbent, quifk-growing and cannot survive hibernation. 



I'erhaps the specinu-n fouiid by 11 akt, belonged to this form. 



The norlli limit nf tln' Greenlandic form lies in liir iniici' part of Nordost- 

 Buglt-n (from a few piaces (V.)). Rather conlinuous it occurs along the coasts of 

 iJisko-R.'iy from .\ta 69"4.5' (P.) down to Sydosl-I^uglen ; herc the habitats lie close 

 togelher. Westwar«! to F^gedesminde, Imt in tiie arclii|)elago neither seen by Kkul'se 

 nor by us; in N. Stnunfjord and its branchings common (P. & E.). — 



From llie dislrict of Holsteinsborg recordcd from Ikertofj-Fjord (V.); Maligia(| 

 <;<; oS' i\'. \- E.). 



A southorn ly pc; soul li ol' I lir arra lo Ix' lonnd hero and llier*', 

 and .sonlh of (il^HO' common (Hosenvinge). 

 Flowers and frnils abnndantly. 

 Prohahly covered by snow during wintcr. 



/*<>hf^f>n u m i sin n il I (Il III Mi;is.\. [I', (irimlnrr L. var. boreale hx^OE). 



()cca.sionally observed al tlie .settlements througlmiil the wliiile area; by us 

 only seen at geqertarj 1014, alx.iif 10" (P. \ E.). 



Hero it conveyed the impression of an introduced weed. it was flower- 

 ing. hnt hardly frnctificating before the arrival f)f Ih«' winter. On the 



